The Difference Between the Amish and the Brooklyn Orthodox

Well, there's probably more than one difference (the consumption of ham probably varies dramatically), but Ben Smith pointed me to an astute analysis in The Yeshiva World of Carl Paladino's disastrous trip to the Orthodox enclave of Boro Park that includes one key difference, which aspiring politicians should remember when they go trolling for rabbinical support:

4- Boro Parkers are NOT amish. Everything you say WILL
be recorded. There are more cell phones, digital recorders and flip
video recorders in Boro Park per capita than any other place in the
world. This is because there is no religious prohibition on these
items, but there are on other items like televisions. As a result, Boro
Parkers compensate on banned items by having more of the permitted
gadgets than anywhere you will ever visit.

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